The Civic (Re)Solve Education Fund is a project and registered trade name of the left-of-center Hopewell Fund, a fiscal sponsorship nonprofit that is a member of the billion-dollar nonprofit network run by Arabella Advisors. However, Civic (Re)Solve Education Fund does not have its own website or any other documented activities. ¹

In 2023, the Hopewell Fund raised over $9.3 million in grants paid to fund the Civic (Re)Solve Education Fund. ^{2 3 4 5}

Funding

In 2023, Pivotal Philanthropies Foundation, the private foundation of Melinda French Gates, made a $4.6 million grant and a $2.4 million grant to the Hopewell Fund to fund the Civic (Re)Solve Education Fund. ⁵ In 2023, the Hopewell Fund also received $2.0 million from the Ford Foundation, $300,000 from the Horizon Charitable Foundation, and $75,000 from the Moriah Fund. ^{2 3 4}

In 2022, the Alumbra Innovations Foundation made a $700,000 grant to the Hopewell Fund to support the Civic (Re)Solve Education Fund. ⁶

Grantmaking

The Center for Civic Design lists the Civic (Re)Solve Education Fund as a partner organization, and in 2023, the Hopewell Fund reported on its tax returns that it made a $250,000 grant to the Center for Civic Design. ^{7 8}

1. “Trade Names of the Arabella Advisors Network.” Americans for Public Trust. May 29, 2025. https://americansforpublictrust.org/document/trade-names-of-the-arabella-advisors-network/.
2. Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax (Form 990PF). Ford Foundation. 2023. Part XIV.
3. Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax (Form 990PF). Horizon Charitable Foundation. 2023. Part XIV.
4. Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax (Form 990PF). Moriah Fund Inc. Horizon Charitable Foundation. 2023. Part XIV.
5. Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax (Form 990PF). Pivotal Philanthropies Foundation. 2023. Part XIV.
6. Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax (Form 990PF). Alumbra Innovations Foundation. 2023. Part XIV.
7. Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax (Form 990). Hopewell Fund. 2023. Schedule I.
8. “Key Supporters and Partners.” Center for Civic Design. Accessed June 22, 2025. https://civicdesign.org/about/key-supporters-and-partners/.